DIAQ: Diamond material for room temperature quantum computer
Objective We are developing diamond qubit systems for quantum computers that can operate at room temperature. To do this, we produce artificial, high-purity diamonds free from sources of interference under controlled conditions. In these, we place individual atoms…
3. March 2023
QMPC: Quantum Mission Planning Challenges
Objective We solve mission planning problems using three quantum algorithms and create an interface between a classical planning system and quantum computers. We consider three challenges from space operations and implement them in a scalable way for quantum…
15. February 2023
SQuAp: Spin Qubit Analysis platform for hardware based on colour centres
Objective We are developing a qualification system to analyse the functionality and properties of solid-state spin qubits. Quantum computers can be built using a variety of physical systems, including flaws in the crystal lattice of solids, where a…
10. February 2023
AQuRA: Development of an analogue quantum computing machine
Objective We are designing a novel analogue quantum computing machine (AQuRA) based on continuous quantum variables. For this purpose, we are creating quantum algorithms and developing software to simulate AQuRA and the associated algorithms on classical computing systems….
7. February 2023
QLearning – Quantum processors for reinforcement learning
Objective We are investigating the suitability of quantum processors from the DLR Quantum Computing Initiative (QCI) for the implementation of quantum algorithms for reinforcement learning. Machine learning, and in particular reinforcement learning, is becoming increasingly important in the…
7. February 2023
R-QIP: Reliable Quantum Information Processing
Objective We are improving the reliability of quantum information processing using methods such as error models, simulators for quantum error correction algorithms and new decoders for quantum error correction. Quantum computers of the noisy intermediate-scale quantum computer (NISQ)…
7. February 2023
Quant²AI: Quantifying the benefits of quantum AI systems
Objective We are making the complete end-to-end pipeline of quantum artificial intelligence (AI) systems comparable, quantifying any quantum advantages over classical methods, developing a demonstrator, and thus initiating the process of standardisation in the field of quantum AI…
24. January 2023
BASIQ: Battery materials simulation using quantum computers
Objective We simulate battery materials at the atomic level and battery cells at the continuum level using quantum computers from the DLR Quantum Computing Initiative and adapt the quantum simulation to specific hardware. Our goal is to develop…
18. January 2023
AQuRA × anabrid: Kick-off for the first industry & research partnership in the QCI
The ecosystem of quantum computing comes to life when research findings efficiently find their way into application in industry and business – and conversely, the needs of industry and business motivate research. With the DLR Quantum Computing Initiative…
12. January 2023
QCI awards industry contracts worth 13 million euros for spin enabling technologies
Qubits are the processing units of quantum computers. They can be created in various different ways. One option is the creation of solid-state spin qubits in materials such as diamonds, in which qubits get stuck in defects that…
11. January 2023
SuNQC: Quantum computer based on NV centres in diamond with sulphur doping
We are building a quantum computer based on nitrogen-vacancy (NV) centres in diamond created by ion implementation and developing a scaling technology for far more than 50 qubits. Objective We are developing NV technology for the construction of…
10. January 2023
NV centers | Nitrogen vacancies
Due to their high reliability and – relatively – simple implementation, qubits based on nitrogen-vacancy (NV) centres are a promising technological approach for quantum computing. They do not require any cooling and can therefore also be used in…
6. January 2023
Industry partner for QCI project BASIQ
We are currently seeking industrial partners for the QCI BASIQ project – battery material simulation using quantum computers. This involves the development of algorithms for quantum computers and hybrid techniques. The goal is to achieve the quantum simulation…
5. January 2023
REDAC: Reconfigurable Discrete Analog Computer
Objective We are building a classic computer based on the paradigms of quantum-inspired classical computing and want to use analogy formation to demonstrate the superiority of analogue computing. Our objective includes the creation of a software ecosystem for…
22. December 2022
Kick-off for our photonic quantum computer developed by QuiX Quantum
DLR QCI welcomes QuiX Quantum at our DLR Innovation Center in Ulm. The startup will develop a prototype photonic quantum computer for us over the next four years. But before that, as early as 2023, it will provide…
22. December 2022
QuiX Quantum: Photonic quantum computer with up to 64 qubits
Objective We are developing a universal and error corrected photonic quantum computer with up to 64 qubits Over the course of its four-year project, QuiX Quantum is developing a photonic quantum computer for universal quantum computing in several…